The Patna High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking proper investigation in the Health and Sub-Health Centre of Singhwara Prakhand, District Darbangha.
It is alleged that there is irregularity, negligence corruption and plunder in the said health center by persons named in the writ petition, who have not been impleaded as party-respondents.
Insofar as the specific allegations are concerned, it is stated that Case has been registered against a clerk, a certificate case has been filed against the In-charge Medical Officer, a three men committee was constituted to look into the allegations of irregularities committed by the Health In-charge and the Health Manager.
Further, the Civil Surgeon cum Chief Medical Officer had recommended disciplinary action, the District Provident Fund Officer had requested the In-charge Medical Officer to make deduction of amounts from the account of a retired Auxiliary Nurse Mid-wife (ANM) and so on and so forth. Hence, obviously the authorities have been put to notice of the various irregularities and there is an inquiry carried out.
“We cannot but emphasize the fact that none of these persons have been impleaded in the writ petition and any prejudicial orders passed for a blanket inquiry into the allegations cannot be without their presence in the writ petition. We also find no reason to entertain the writ petition since already the authorities are heading onto the allegations”, the Division Bench of Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice Rajiv Roy observed.
The Court clarified that it has not made any observations regarding the irregularities alleged to have been conducted and the inquiries initiated by the authorities would be taken to its logical conclusion definitely after hearing the persons against whom such inquiry is initiated.